Study of the effects of selftreatment and an exercise program within a self-management program in outpatients with COPD: The COPE II-study.

Not provided0 sites200 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Registry

who.int

Start Date

TBD

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sponsor

Not provided

•1\. FEV1 between 25% and 80% of the predicted value;
•2\. Three or more exacerbations or one hospitalization in the two years preceding study entry;
•3\. A signed and dated written informed consent from the subject prior to study participation;
•4\. Patients of the outpatient clinic of the Medisch Spectrum Twente;
•5\. Age between 40 and 75 years;
•6\. A clinical diagnosis of COPD as defined by the GOLD\-criteria (9\);
•7\. Stable and well controlled COPD, at least one month before inclusion;
•8\. Current smoker or ex\-smoker;
•9\. Able to understand, read and write Dutch.

•1\. Serious other disease with a low survival rate;
•2\. Other disease which influences bronchial symptoms and/or lung function (e.g. cardiac insufficiency, sarcoïdosis);
•3\. Severe psychiatric illness;
•4\. A disregulation of diabetes mellitus during an exacerbation in the past or a hospitalization for diabetes mellitus in the two years preceding the study;
•5\. Need for regular oxygen therapy;
•6\. Maintenance therapy with antibiotics;
•7\. Known alpha1 antitrypsine deficiency;
•8\. Disorders or progressive diseases, which influence seriously the ability to walk (e.g. amputation, paralysis, progressive muscle diseases).

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